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Death of a Pet: Book List

 
                                                   Suggested 
Book                                                    Ages 
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MRS. HUGGINS AND HER HEN HANNAH; by Lydia 
Dabcovich; Dutton, 1985                                  3-6 

WHEN A PET DIES; by Fred Rogers; Putnam, 1988            3-6 

IT MUST HURT A LOT: A CHILD'S BOOK ABOUT DEATH; 
by Doris Sanford; Multnomah, 1985                        3-7 

JIM'S DOG MUFFINS; by Miriam Cohen; Greenwillow 
Books, 1984                                              3-7 

LIFETIMES; by Bryan Mellonie; Bantam, 1983               3-7 

ROSALIE; by Joan Hewett; Lothrup, 1987                   3-8 

I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU; by Hans Wilhelm; Random 
House, 1985                                             3-16 

THE ACCIDENT; by Carol Carrick; Seabury Press, 
1976                                                     4-8 

THE FOUNDLING; by Carol Carrick; Seabury Press, 
1977                                                     4-8 

A FUNERAL FOR WHISKERS; by Lawrence Balter; 
Barron's Juveniles, 1991                                4-10 

GROWING TIME; by Sandol S. Warburg; Houghton 
Mifflin, 1969                                            5-9 

THE TENTH GOOD THING ABOUT BARNEY; by Judith 
Viorst; Atheneum, 1971                                   5-9 

GRANDFATHER'S LAIKA; by Mats Wahl; CarolRhoda, 
1990                                                    6-10 

GROWING TIME; by Sandol Stoddard Warburg; 
Houghton Mifflin, 1969                                  6-10 

THE TROUBLE WITH THIRTEEN; by Betty Miles; Avon, 
1980                                                    9-13 

COPING WITH SORROW ON THE LOSS OF YOUR PET; by 
M. Anderson; Alpine Publications Inc, 1996             Adult

JOY IN A WOOLY COAT: LIVING WITH, LOVING AND 
LETTING GO OF TREASURED ANIMAL FRIENDS; by J. A. 
Church; HJ Kramer Inc, 1987                            Adult

OH, WHERE HAS MY PET GONE? A PET LOSS MEMORY 
BOOK, AGES 3-103; by S. Sibbitt; Libby Press, 
1991                                                   Adult

TALKING ABOUT DEATH: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN PARENT 
AND CHILD; by E. A. Grollman; Beacon Press, 1991       Adult
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Compiled by Catherine Smith, MLS, medical librarian at the Family Health Library, The Children's Hospital, Denver, CO.
Copyright 1999 Clinical Reference Systems